How Allowing Mesh In Women’s Lacrosse Is Affecting The Game
In this first installment, we are going to explore just how the changes of allowing mesh in women’s lacrosse has been impacting stringing and gameplay.
Smashtime Strings: Stringer Spotlight
This month, let’s welcome Smashtime Strings, also known as David Swartz! David needs no introduction to the stringing community reading this, but here’s one anyway… Simply put, David is one of the top stringers in our community and a great ambassador for the game. If you have a question about “how” to string something, he’ll […]
Inside Weave Stringing Tutorial
Today we’re picking up where we left the off in the recent spotlight with Lars (AKA Sidewall Jedi). We’re going to look at another option to stringing to the inside with David Swartz (AKA Smashtime Strings): the inside weave! This technique applies the concept of stringing to the inside, but involves running the sidewall string […]
Reclaiming a Lacrosse Head: #TheGopherProject
Today we’re reclaiming a lacrosse head. You can choose any lacrosse head and follow along. My goal is here is to take a head that wasn’t the commercial hit (that doesn’t mean it was a failure by the way) and see if I can construct a pocket that could turn this into a gamer. There […]
Revolving Doerr Pocket: #TheGopherProject
This week we’re taking a stab at the Revolving Doerr Pocket. It’s mainly a defensive pocket. It was created by a Johns Hopkins defenseman back in the 90s.
Dandy Dyes: #TheGopherProject Spotlight
This month, #TheGopherProject spotlight is squarely on Martin Dandy aka Dandy Dyes! If you’ve been on Instagram the last few years, you’ll know his account.
#TheGopherProject: July Mailbag
It’s Mailbag time again! We are answering our audience’s questions on heads, dyeing and stringing on this week’s edition of #TheGopherProject.
Box Pinch Revisited: #TheGopherProject
This week on #TheGopherProject, Kevin Henry revisits the box pinch. This time, he is showing how different stringing styles can affect a head’s performance.
Bone Laxdip Dye: #TheGopherProject
Watch this week’s edition of #TheGopherProject, as Kevin Henry shows us how to properly execute the Bone Laxdip Dye. Bone Laxdip Dye: #The GopherProject Check out last week’s edition of #TheGopherProject where Kevin shows us how to string the Corner Pocket here on Lacrosse All Stars.
Eight Ball, Corner Pocket: #TheGopherProject
How do I follow up on last week’s edition of #TheGopherProject of the spotlight on Max McCool? Easy! Here’s my take on the Corner Pocket.
Max McCool Spotlight: #TheGopherProject
Max is responsible for some of the greatest dye tutorials back when it was truly work to transform vinyl. Learn more about his work on #TheGopherProject.
Inside Out Dye: #TheGopherProject
For this week’s edition of #TheGopherProject, we are about to tackle one of the trickier dyes out there. That’s right, it’s the Inside-Out Dye. These dyes are challenging in that you don’t see how well it turned out until you peel off all the vinyl and glue. One tiny seam can ruin the entire dye, […]